Worldwide, few confident in Trump or his policies

Well if you listen to the mainstream drive-by media, Trump does indeed look "unpopular." But if you saw the last presidential election results + the past 5 special congressional district election results + the SCOTUS recent ruling on Trump's travel ban, you'd see that the media is wrong! Trump is popular and is getting the job done with satisfaction from the people!

The problem is he's only the executive branch. The liberal judicial branch + the legislative branch has done everything they can to derail Trump because he's not a clown-like career politician!

As far as what the rest of the world thinks of trump... who cares? The rest of the world doesn't care about you or your family's health, welfare nor security.

I don't acknowledge the rest of the "world's" authority to determine my needs.

camille70 said:

Relatively few people across the globe have confidence in U.S. President Donald Trump to do the right thing when it comes to world affairs. And some of his most prominent policy proposals – such as building a wall between the U.S. and Mexico, withdrawing from trade and climate agreements, and restricting people from some Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S. – are deeply unpopular. Opposition to the United States’ possible withdrawal from the Iran nuclear agreement is less intense worldwide, and such a move would be welcomed by a majority of the public in Jordan and Israel.

In terms of personal characteristics, Trump is seen by most publics around the world as arrogant, intolerant and even dangerous. At the same time, he is seen by sizable percentages as a strong leader.

Despite widespread unease over the new U.S. president’s character and his policies, the prevailing view across the publics surveyed is that the relationship between the U.S. and their country will not change during Trump’s tenure. Those who do anticipate change, however, are more likely to expect relations to worsen rather than improve, particularly in Western Europe.




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The best part is the countries that think he is wonderful. And by wonderful, I mean over 50% support.

66/40 said:

Well if you listen to the mainstream drive-by media, Trump does indeed look "unpopular." But if you saw the last presidential election results

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Where Trump lost the popular vote by a wide margin,

+ the past 5 special congressional district election results

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Where the GOP just narrowly squeaked by in districts they usually win in their sleep,

+ the SCOTUS recent ruling on Trump's travel ban,

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Which makes up for their recent ruling on his attempt to revoke citizenship,

you'd see that the media is wrong! Trump is popular and is getting the job done with satisfaction from the people!

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Well, some of them, anyway.

As far as what the rest of the world thinks of trump... who cares? The rest of the world doesn't care about you or your family's health, welfare nor security.

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I suppose the people who claimed Obama was embarrassing us in front of the world might care -- but then again, consistency was never a strong point...

I don't acknowledge the rest of the "world's" authority to determine my needs.

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Or anyone else's, I imagine.

camille70 said:

Relatively few people across the globe have confidence in U.S. President Donald Trump to do the right thing when it comes to world affairs. And some of his most prominent policy proposals – such as building a wall between the U.S. and Mexico, withdrawing from trade and climate agreements, and restricting people from some Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S. – are deeply unpopular. Opposition to the United States’ possible withdrawal from the Iran nuclear agreement is less intense worldwide, and such a move would be welcomed by a majority of the public in Jordan and Israel.

In terms of personal characteristics, Trump is seen by most publics around the world as arrogant, intolerant and even dangerous. At the same time, he is seen by sizable percentages as a strong leader.

Despite widespread unease over the new U.S. president’s character and his policies, the prevailing view across the publics surveyed is that the relationship between the U.S. and their country will not change during Trump’s tenure. Those who do anticipate change, however, are more likely to expect relations to worsen rather than improve, particularly in Western Europe.




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During the Obama administration, America became a country where you could record a police officer choking a man to death on the streets of a major city for selling loose cigarettes - and a jury of peers don't see any criminality. The rest of the world has known America was prejudiced against its own people, but in the last 14 years there has been a concentration of it - and the world got a deeper insight into this deep rooted culture since 1979 - during the Contra conflict, and especially in 2001. North Korea, by comparison, isn't that bad with their seasonal imprisonment of Americans; at least they return a few alive every once in a while, and have only threatened to wipe out entire populations. I know many Americans think those shootings of unarmed people were justified and perhaps a victory; the rest of the world is appalled. Moreover, the rest of the world is getting tired of American audacity and hypocrisy in the wars alleged to protect freedoms and stop terrorism.

The paradigm has shifted; confidence in America means isolation from the rest of the world. And, that is doubly bad for America, because their economic hegemony depends on selling confidence, not goods or commodities.

Trump is a part of it, but that ship has been sinking for decades. Trump is just going to be "the face," and his supporters, as well as the opponents, will be the patsies of a fallen empire. The world is no longer looking to America for leadership, and now that it is imploding from the inside, very few nations actually want to be a part of the demise of such a lofty nation. It will pull them down.

Good luck getting your national issues, prejudices and censorship in enough order to see how deep in the stuff America is really in.

66/40 said:

Well if you listen to the mainstream drive-by media, Trump does indeed look "unpopular." But if you saw the last presidential election results + the past 5 special congressional district election results + the SCOTUS recent ruling on Trump's travel ban, you'd see that the media is wrong! Trump is popular and is getting the job done with satisfaction from the people!

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Is this sarcasm? He lost the popular vote by 3 million, and he has abysmal approval ratings. The travel ban was a failure the first several times, and he threw a hissy fit over it. If you have such low expectations for the President, fine, but most of the world expects more from our country and its leadership.

66/40 said:

As far as what the rest of the world thinks of trump... who cares? The rest of the world doesn't care about you or your family's health, welfare nor security.

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...you mean our allies?

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I don't acknowledge the rest of the "world's" authority to determine my needs.

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A nation's ability to influence other countries is a critical component of foreign policy. If other countries no longer trust the United States, we are weaker as nation.

camille70 said:

Point number one has always been the case here, it didn't start with Obama. Police behavior in black area's and toward black people is common wisdom in the black community. Before the widespread use of camera phones, it was always their word against the officers word, and the officer always won out. No matter how many witnesses there were, people telling the same story only did so because "black people stick together". Even with video proof, an officer shooting someone in the back, or shooting someone and planting a weapon will still get off scot free, which is why there is so much anger. There is no justice. It's like they are afraid that if one officer is found guilty it means they are all guilty. Laws such as "stand your ground laws" and legal carry often don't apply to PoC when they try to use them for their benefit. PoC are also used by law enforcement as revenue streams in many areas.

PoC want policing to keep neighborhoods safe, but what is desired is FAIR policing, not an occupying force that sees them as an enemy to be controlled and contained. The problem is that policing is a state and local issue, not a federal one. We have an issue with white supremacists infiltrating police departments and I've read that many officers may be on steroids as well, leading to more anger and more easily lashing out. The Obama administration did what they did with local consent decrees from the DOJ in places that had some of the worse abuses, consent decrees that the current administration would love to do away with, but the quality of police varies widely from county to county.

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I agree. I wasn't necessarily blaming Obama, although it is ironic (or not, it you are honest) the uptick in shooting deaths of black men in America coincided with the advent of the first HALF BLACK, HALF WHITE (possibly Jewish by maternity) president - especially in the density of CCTV cameras, and camera phones.

But, this was America's problem for at least 200 years.


People of color in America should expatriate for their own good. Clearly, America doesn't want them, and the WORLD actually offers lucrative incentives for most *any* Western talent - at the very least PoC can get a decent salary, housing, a career, financial stability, free education for their children, healthcare, cross-cultural experience and about a seventh of the racism. Of course the darker you are ANYWHERE, the less desirable you become; the "dark/light" dynamics are constant in every culture/nation.

But, if you have patience for the ignorance and comparatively marginal prejudice and racism (which, is in large part due to xenophobia,) one may be able to have a tremendously more profitable life than if one was in the States as a PoC. I say do it before the borders close, and the fireworks begin.


As far as Trump and his administration, I was thoroughly enjoying the ineptitude, but about six months ago it became clear that Trump is likely being held as a political hostage being controlled. It goes abysmally deeper than being a Manchurian President. When the veil is finally lifted, it will obliterate the American economy first, cause a little civil war or multiregional war within the States as a grab for sovereign power, and eventually a world wide collapse of economy (beginning in the East and finishing in the West.)

Then, after that the only options left for a world full of dissolusioned, bankrupt nations is world war.

It is so obvious it is almost boring at this point - but I think I have that luxury of boredom because I have no children. All other connections to me are adults.

Wow, Christopher Columbus, the entire Cherokee nation and now Barrack Hussain Obama are Jewish. Who would have thought?

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This land is stolen, yet no one ever considers that maybe the majority population ought to go back to England. Black people contributed to the growth of this country through free, stolen labor. America was only able to build the wealth they have because of the slavery of black folks. Our blood is literally soaked into the soil. America is my home. I have every right to be here, if not more so, and I have no intention of leaving.

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I have to agree. Even other imperialistic countries did not skip centuries of "nation building" like America continues to do - even though slavery is over, the institution is distributed in communities, the PIC, education and the workforce. The infrastructure in America is failing because there are no more slaves (on paper) to continue to build and maintain. Culture is failing, because of the continual abuse, and denial thereof, of the minoritiy populations (including women.)

America is falling in very similar ways as Babylon, Sumer, Persia, Rome, and Greece. They reneged on their foundations, and now the country is weak and ripe for the taking. I wonder who they think will fight their wars after they have estranged all of the "front line" minorities the military works so hard to recruit.

Even the UK has "softened" their racism and xenophobia in institution and culture. America still ferociously promotes racism and division while claiming they are being just. It is just unfathomable how people within the States are comfortable with this. I mean, ask a Japanese person who would they rather be in America: a black male, or a white woman. Heck, ask an American this: I bet the honest answer wouldn't be to be a black male.

Yet, the WORLD understands this racial dynamic. My FOTB girlfriend understood this after being in the States for six months. And, America keeps adding demographics to the list of "maltreatment," to put it softly: blacks, LGBT, "Jews," muslims, sikhs, Indians, natives, women...

Is there a reason to the rhyme other than to completely and utterly destabilize the nation?




On word of Japan, Switzerland, and the likes, yes absoluty racism exists, but as you said it isn't extended and embedded into the legislation and institutions of the nation as much as it is in the States. And, even racists in those countries are at least cognizant of their prejudices and racism - which, to me, deserves a margin of respect. Being racist AND acting like you are innocent is an insult to the intelligence.

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Where Trump lost the popular vote by a wide margin,

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Trump campaigned (and WON) on an election that is strictly based on the electoral college system, not the "popular" vote. That's called "winning," something Hillary's camp didn't understand, pursue nor achieve. We live in a Republic, not a democracy.

Second, the "popular vote" margin was not large in numbers anyway. Thank God that the "popular" vote of New York and Los Angeles/San Francisco (east and west coasts) did NOT dictate the outcome of an election for the REST OF FREE AMERICA! This is why the Forefathers created the electoral college system to begin with. They didn't want majority mob-rule of Boston to be able to entirely control and make decisions the REST of the colonies.

The whining of the "popular vote" argument is irrelevant.

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Where the GOP just narrowly squeaked by in districts they usually win in their sleep,

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"squeaked by?" Do I detect some sour grapes???? Just say the word....admit it.... it's called "WINNING!" The democrats spent over $100 million dollars combined in those districts, vs the Reuplicans spending just under $40 million. In fact, in Georgia's house race, the Dems spent three times as much as the republican contender and the Dems still L O S T the election!

Bee oh oh, H oh oh.

Ygrene Imref said:

During the Obama administration, America became a country where you could record a police officer choking a man to death on the streets of a major city for selling loose cigarettes - and a jury of peers don't see any criminality. The rest of the world has known America was prejudiced against its own people, but in the last 14 years there has been a concentration of it - and the world got a deeper insight into this deep rooted culture since 1979 - during the Contra conflict, and especially in 2001. North Korea, by comparison, isn't that bad with their seasonal imprisonment of Americans; at least they return a few alive every once in a while, and have only threatened to wipe out entire populations. I know many Americans think those shootings of unarmed people were justified and perhaps a victory; the rest of the world is appalled. Moreover, the rest of the world is getting tired of American audacity and hypocrisy in the wars alleged to protect freedoms and stop terrorism.

The paradigm has shifted; confidence in America means isolation from the rest of the world. And, that is doubly bad for America, because their economic hegemony depends on selling confidence, not goods or commodities.

Trump is a part of it, but that ship has been sinking for decades. Trump is just going to be "the face," and his supporters, as well as the opponents, will be the patsies of a fallen empire. The world is no longer looking to America for leadership, and now that it is imploding from the inside, very few nations actually want to be a part of the demise of such a lofty nation. It will pull them down.

Good luck getting your national issues, prejudices and censorship in enough order to see how deep in the stuff America is really in.

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I detect that you despise America. If that's the case, why do you insist on engaging in American forums, ideaologies, affairs, and all the while buying American technology and products?

66/40 said:

Trump campaigned (and WON) on an election that is strictly based on the electoral college system, not the "popular" vote. That's called "winning," something Hillary's camp didn't understand, pursue nor achieve. We live in a Republic, not a democracy.

Second, the "popular vote" margin was not large in numbers anyway. Thank God that the "popular" vote of New York and Los Angeles/San Francisco (east and west coasts) did NOT dictate the outcome of an election for the REST OF FREE AMERICA! This is why the Forefathers created the electoral college system to begin with. They didn't want majority mob-rule of Boston to be able to entirely control and make decisions the REST of the colonies.

The whining of the "popular vote" argument is irrelevant.

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Not whining, merely stating a fact -- the majority of the people didn't support Trump then, and don't support him now.

You might want to brush up on "the people" next time before boasting about Trump's popularity.

"squeaked by?" Do I detect some sour grapes???? Just say the word....admit it.... it's called "WINNING!" The democrats spent over $100 million dollars combined in those districts, vs the Reuplicans spending just under $40 million. In fact, in Georgia's house race, the Dems spent three times as much as the republican contender and the Dems still L O S T the election!

Bee oh oh, H oh oh.

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Funny thing, in at least one case, the Republicans usually win those districts by 20-30% without spending nearly as much, this time they won them by about about 5-6%.

But they won the contest -- now all they need to do is their actual job.

Hey look, they're postponing the vote on their health "care" bill -- guess they know a loser when they write it.

By all means, continue to gloat -- let me know when they actually do something to be proud of.

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Not whining, merely stating a fact -- the majority of the people didn't support Trump then, and don't support him now.

You might want to brush up on "the people" next time before boasting about Trump's popularity.



Funny thing, in at least one case, the Republicans usually win those districts by 20-30% without spending nearly as much, this time they won them by about about 5-6%.

But they won the contest -- now all they need to do is their actual job.

Hey look, they're postponing the vote on their health "care" bill -- guess they know a loser when they write it.

By all means, continue to gloat -- let me know when they actually do something to be proud of.

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Face it, even if the election was won by merely 1%, the Republicsns still beat the Dems. You Dems just love the "everyone gets a trophy" ideology. It's funny because you Dems always look at a loss by a narrow margin as a "we almost won" victory banner. Now that's comedy.

I will give you the one fact, far too many Republicans in CONGRESS (Legislative branch in which Trump has ZERO control of) are the ones successfully hamstringing the President at the moment. Everybody knows how democrats think and vote in congress, but the few traitorous republicans are what's destroying the Trump train of progress. However it seems that this is slowly reversing course for the better.

66/40 said:

I detect that you despise America. If that's the case, why do you insist on engaging in American forums, ideaologies, affairs, and all the while buying American technology and products?

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Not everyone hates as easily as some Americans. You don't have to hate something to recognize its incredible fault, otherwise God would hate all of us.

And, how do you know where I spend my money - under which currency, and under which market?

Everyone buys from America, because they are a corporation. Their job is to sell mostly useless, but sometimes useful things to the world. Do you understand why America - right now - is the reserve currency?


If you want to comment on why your country allows men to be killed in broad daylight on the street by cops for selling loose cigarettes, for example, then please feel free to provide some perspective.

If you want to talk about why you have a president that focuses on vindication himself, rather than the interest of the American people, please do so

If you want to talk about why the rest of the world finds things appalling that only Americans find savory - like a 17 year war on an abstraction with hundreds of thousands of dead bodies on the count including children and civilians - then please express yourself.


If you want to speak about why the US has been a militaristic front for modern day imperialism, then please let us know.



If you just want to build a field of strawmen to distract from the many issues listed on this thread, perhaps in order to distract from a serious point by injecting emotionalism into a psyche for which you have no verifying for yourself, then preface your post so that we know you are focusing on other people and their feelings instead of much more important issues, or addressing points made. Otherwise, don't act like a hackneyed cold war ideology about the world is going to impress upon anyone in the 21st century - especially given that your president is the puppet of a BRATVA, KGB loyalist group - whether he realizes it or not.

America is Babylon of Revelation 18. When it falls, people will be sad because they won't be able to trade with them anymore, not because they hate America, or because America is naughty. Countries that loath America still trade with it; to suggest people who hate America shouldn't trade with the US, or buy its goods - ultimately entire nations with complex economies - then you must want an economic collapse faster than it is already happening. But, your presumptive psychological assessment applied to complex social and economic trade is a distraction. Try to address the points made instead of collecting hay.

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Face it, even if the election was won by merely 1%, the Republicsns still beat the Dems. You Dems just love the "everyone gets a trophy" ideology. It's funny because you Dems always look at a loss by a narrow margin as a "we almost won" victory banner. Now that's comedy.

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So.. no accomplishments to be proud of, then? Not one? Now that's tragedy.

I will give you the one fact, far too many Republicans in CONGRESS (Legislative branch in which Trump has ZERO control of) are the ones successfully hamstringing the President at the moment.

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Funny how you were just gloating a moment ago about those very same Republicans WINNING...

Everybody knows how democrats think and vote in congress, but the few traitorous republicans are what's destroying the Trump train of progress. However it seems that this is slowly reversing course for the better.

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The facts seem to disagree with you. In fact, the GOP lost two seats in the Senate and six in the House last year... perhaps you'd prefer to stay that course.

As for "traitorous" Republicans -- who or what exactly are they "traitors" to, again?